Cabinet for holding time-cards



(No Model.)

H. M. WHITE. CABINET FOR HOLDING TIME CARDS, &0. No. 450,271.

Patented Apr. 14,1891.

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NrTE STATES URIAn-M. WHITE, on CINCINNATI, orno.

CABINET FOR HOLDING TIME-CARDS, 81,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,271, dated April 14, 1891.

Application filed January 5, 1891. Serial No. 376,826. (No model.)

same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cabinet to hold railway time-tables for convenient and ready use, the same to be placed in places where such tables are in constant demand, like hotels, for instance. The plan is to have narrow cards showing the departure of trains on the respective roads leaving a place, and each road having its own compartment in the cabinet properly indicated, so that any person desiring information regarding the departure of a train over a certain road simply takes one of those cards outof its respective compartment. This card, being small and containing the startingtime of all trains on that certain road, is a great convenience to a traveler, saves him from making inquiries or researches and memorandums and guards against mistakes. Being exposed in public places, the fronts of such cabinets serve at the same time as very convenient mediums to hold and display suitable advertising matter.

The special features of this invention lie in the details of construction, as will be more fully explained in the following description, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective front view of the cabinet. Fig.2 is a top view of the same, showing it open for filling. Fig. 3 is an under side view of it. Fig. 4 is a vertical sec tion through it, and Fig. 5 is a rear view of the same.

fied form.

8 is the front, 9 9 the sides, 10 the top, and

11 the back, of the cabinet.

fitted especially for the Fig. 6 is a front view of a modi- Each cabinet is particular city or town where it is to be used,

and divided vertically by partitions 12 into as many compartments as railways leave the place. Thus, assuming that-the cabinet described here was to be used in a place where eight railways enter, eight compartments would be used. The lower ends of these partitions are higher in the rear and provided with metal strips 13, secured from below against the edges thereof. These strips are wider than the thickness of the partitions and extend out to either side of them, except those secured to the sides 9 9, which only extend to one side and inwardly. They do not meet each other, a space corresponding about to the width of a finger being left between each adjacent pair, the projecting parts of which serve as a support for the stacks of cards, which latter are of the same width as the compartments. The cards 23 are stacked in an oblique manner, as shown, and are held back by strips 14., secured to the lower parts of the front edges of the partitions in a 1nanner similar to the one in the case of the strips 13, secured to the lower edges of the partitions and also projecting out to either side of them. The upper edges of the strips 14 are covered by the lower part of the cabinet-front 8, which has corresponding recesses 15 on its inside, into which these strips reach. The balance of the front of the compartments is covered and closed by the front 8 of the cabinet.

The device is secured in position to a wall preferably and by its back 11, the balance of the cabinet-that is, front, sides, top, and partitions-being in one and hinged to the former, so that by swinging these parts off of the back access to the interior may be had for the purpose of recharging the compartments. The rear of these latter is open, and the cards resting inclined therein, as shown, are for this reason prevented from falling out.

The front part of the cabinet may be kept closed by any suitable locking mechanism 16.

If a card is desired, a finger is placed underneath the bottom one, touching it on that part of its surface which is exposed between the adjacent sides of the supporting-strips 13. By combined and gentle upward and forward pressure it is slid out from its position, pass viding these latter with slots 17 and securing them by means of screws 18, passing through the slots. By loosening the screws these strips may be shifted to the desired position and then held there by tightening the former.

The front 8 is bound by strips 10 and divided into fields or spaces by strips 20, which spaces are occupied by advertising matter printed or otherwise fixed on suitable tablets 21. To hold these tablets in position, strips 19 and 20 are undercut or dovetailed, as most plainly shown in the section in Fig. 4. In the upright ornamental part 24 of top 0 are similar fields 25, which may be occupied by advertising matter.

In large cities, where the number of entering railways is so large that the number of compartments would unproportionately increase the width of the cabinet, they are preferably divided into two or more groups, one

above the other, as shown in the modification in Fig. 6. Between each group sufficient space at 22 is left to permit insertion of the hand.

A device of this sort is a great convenience to the traveling public as well as to hotel employs, and as it is proposed to finish the exterior of the cabinet in a handsome style it will be ornamental as Well as useful.

Having described my invention, I claim as new- 1. A cabinet for holdingrailway time-cards, being secured in position by its back and having its front part hinged to the formerand its interior vertically divided into compartments by partitions for the reception of cards, the lower ends of the compartments being open and provided with strips 13 and 14: for the support of said cards, strips 14: being adjustable and enough room left between the adjacent strips to permit the cards being secured one at a ti me, all as substantially shown and described.

:2. A cabinet for holding railway time-cards and displaying advertisements secured in position by its back and having its front part hinged to the former and its interior vertically divided into compartments by partitions for the reception of cards, the lower ends of the compartments being open and provided with strips 13 and 1i for the support of said cards, strips 14 being adjustable and enough room left between the adjacent strips to permit the cards beingsecured one ata time and having its front bound and subdivided by strips 19 and 20, dovetailed so as to be capable of holding advertising-tablets, said front sufiiciently recessed on its inside to permit adjustment of the latter, all as substantially shown and described.

Acabinetfor holding railway time-cards and displaying advertisements secured in position by its back and having its front part hinged to the former and its interior vertically divided into compartments by partitions for the reception of cards, the lower ends of the compartments being open and provided with strips 13 and 14 for the support of said cards, strips 14 being adjustable and enough room left between the adjacent strips to permit the cards being secured one at a time, having its front bound and subdivided by strips 19 and 20, dovetailed so as to i be capable of holding advertising-tablets, i said front covering the upper edges of strips i 1% being sufficiently recessed on its inside to permit adjustment of the latter and being provided with the ornamental upright top 24, the front of which is also arranged for displaying advertisements, all as substantially shown and described. 1 in testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

URlAI-I M. W I'IITE.

Witnesses:

ime]; SPENGEL, bAMUEL M. QUINN.

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